EFF Wants Ad Hoc Committee Report to Show ‘Collective’ Decision Not to Call General Khan

• The Economic Freedom Fighters has formally requested that the Ad Hoc Committee report reflect why Major General Feroz Khan was not called
• The uMkhonto weSizwe Party pushed back against the EFF's stance, and wanted the report to indicate that it supported General Khan being called to testify
• MK Party member Vusi Shongwe previously claimed that Julius Malema shielded General Khan from appearing before the Ad Hoc Committee

Byron Pillay, a Briefly News journalist, has dedicated a decade to reporting on the South African political landscape, crime, and social issues. He worked as a newspaper journalist for 10 years before transitioning to online.

WESTERN CAPE - The Economic Freedom Fighters has moved to distance itself from accusations that the party shielded suspended Crime Intelligence officer Major General Feroz Khan from appearing before Parliament's Ad Hoc Committee.

The party has formally requested that the decision not to call him be attributed to the committee as a whole in the final report. The request was made during the committee's meeting on Thursday, 13 August 2026, when members convened to deliberate on the fourth draft of their report into allegations of political interference, corruption, and criminality within South Africa's law enforcement structures.

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The report, now running to approximately 800 pages, consolidates evidence gathered from witness testimonies concluded earlier in the year.

MK Party takes opposing stance

While the EFF sought to characterise the decision as collective, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party took a contrasting position, requesting that its support for calling Khan be formally noted in the draft report.

The MKP proposed language recording that it had backed Khan's appearance before the committee because his name had arisen repeatedly across multiple areas of evidence, including his disciplinary history, an alleged drug-related incident, internal Crime Intelligence disputes, and his relationships with other individuals named in testimony.

The MKP had raised the matter of calling Khan at housekeeping meetings on 15 October, 24 November, 19 January, and 2 February. On each occasion, he was not called.

During the October meeting, EFF leader Julius Malema stated:

"There is nothing, fundamentally, that suggests we need General Khan. I don't know. I hold no brief for the general."

He repeated a similar sentiment in February, saying:

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"I'm still struggling in my mind. Why is Khan being called?"

MK Party member Vusi Shongwe previously claimed that EFF leader Julius Malema was shielding or protecting Khan from having to account before the committee. The Commander-in-Chief of the Red Berets has already been linked to General Khan following an affidavit before the Madlanga Commission.

EFF rejects claims made against Malema

Briefly News also reported that the EFF rejected claims that Malema single-handedly stopped Major General Khan from testifying.

uMkhonto weSizwe Party Member of Parliament, Vusi Shongwe, made the allegations during his testimony before the Madlanga Commission.

South Africans took to social media to weigh in on Shongwe's claims and the EFF’s Deputy Secretary General's response to them.

Source: Briefly News